Student's Book, pages 24 and 25
Speaking: Page 24, exercises 1 and 2
1 Read the following information and discuss the questions
| The population of Jordan increased from approximately 2.3 million in 1980 CE to about 9.7 million in 2017 CE. It is expected that the population will keep on increasing, and by 2050 CE it will be about 11.7 million. |
1. How do you think this increase in population will affect Jordan’s housing, education and health facilities?
2 2. What can be done to help Jordan cope with this increase in population?
Suggested answers
1. It might get more difficult for the government to help people, and taxes might increase.
2. The government should spend more money making sure there are enough facilities for everyone.
2 Work in pairs. What do you know about the King Hussein Cancer Center?
Suggested answer
The King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), is a medical center in Amman, Jordan. It treats both adult and pediatric patients. KHCC treats over 3500 new center patients every year from Jordan and the region.
The Center was initially named Al-Amal center (hope center) founded in 1997 by the late King Hussein. In 2002, the center was renamed the King Hussein Cancer Center in honor of the late King who died from cancer complications. The King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) undertakes various fundraising activities to support and maintain the place. KHCF is a free-standing, independent, non-governmental, nonprofit organization established by a royal decree to combat cancer in Jordan and the Middle East region.
Reading
The King Hussein Cancer Center
3 The following text is a newspaper article from 2014. Read it and check your answers to exercise 2. Have all the plans that the article mentions been achieved?
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The King Hussein Cancer Center The King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) is Jordan’s only comprehensive cancer treatment centre. It treats both adult and paediatric patients. As the population of the country increases, more and more families will rely on the hospital for cancer treatment. Patients come not only from Jordan but also from other countries in the region, as they are attracted by its excellent reputation, lower costs, and cultural and language similarities. In order to cope with the increase in demand for treatment, the KHCC has begun an expansion programme. Building started in 2011 CE. The hospital will have more than doubled its capacity by 2016 CE, increasing space for new cancer cases from 3,500 per year to 9,000. By then, they will have added 182 extra beds, along with bigger units for different departments, including radiotherapy. New adult and paediatric wards will have opened. Additionally, they will have built a special ten-floor outpatients’ building, with an education centre which will include teaching rooms and a library. Many cancer patients live far away from Amman, where the KHCC is located, and the journey to and from the hospital is often difficult. For this reason, there are plans to extend cancer care facilities to other parts of Jordan. In the near future, King Abdullah University Hospital in Irbid hopes to set up radiotherapy machines, so that cancer patients from northern Jordan will not have to go to Amman for radiotherapy treatment. |
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WORDS
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MEANING IN ENGLISH |
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Radiotherapy |
The use of controlled amounts of radiation to treat disease, especially cancer |
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To cope with |
To deal successfully with, or handle a situation |
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ward |
A room in a hospital especially for patients needing similar kinds of care |
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Paediatric |
describing the area of medicine that deals with children and their illnesses |
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expansion |
The act of making something bigger |
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outpatient |
someone who goes to a hospital for treatment but does not stay for the night. |
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The King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) is Jordan’s only comprehensive cancer treatment centre. It treats both adult and paediatric patients. As the population of the country increases, more and more families will rely on the hospital for cancer treatment. Patients come not only from Jordan but also from other countries in the region, as they are attracted by its excellent reputation, lower costs, and cultural and language similarities. |
1. The King Hussein Cancer Center can treat two kinds of patients:
adult and paediatric patients.
2. The King Hussein Cancer Center is a medical attraction for many people in Jordan and other countries in the region for many reasons like:
- its excellent reputation.
- lower costs.
- cultural and language similarities.
3. The underlined pronoun 'it' in the text above refers to:
The King Hussein Cancer Center
4. The underlined pronoun 'they' in the text above refers to:
Patients
5. The underlined word 'paediatric' means:
the area of medicine that deals with children and their illnesses.
| In order to cope with the increase in demand for treatment, the KHCC has begun an expansion programme. Building started in 2011 CE. The hospital will have more than doubled its capacity by 2016 CE, increasing space for new cancer cases from 3,500 per year to 9,000. |
1. The KHCC has begun an expansion programme in order to:
cope with the increase in demand for treatment
2. The underlined phrase ''cope with'' means:
to deal successfully with or handle a situation.
3. The first stage of the expansion programme is:
doubling its capacity by 2016 CE, increasing space for new cancer cases from 3,500 per year to 9,000.
4. The underlined pronoun 'its' in the text above refers to:
The hospital.
| By then, they will have added 182 extra beds, along with bigger units for different departments, including radiotherapy. New adult and paediatric wards will have opened. Additionally, they will have built a special ten-floor outpatients’ building, with an education centre which will include teaching rooms and a library. |
1. The increasing space in the KHCC will be seen through different actions such as:
adding 182 extra beds, along with bigger units for different departments, New adult and paediatric wards will have opened and they will have built a special ten-floor outpatients' building.
2. The underlined pronoun 'they' in the text above refers to:
The King Hussein Cancer Center ( KHCC ).
3. The underlined word 'outpatients' means:
someone who goes to a hospital for treatment but does not stay for the night.
4. The underlined word ''ward'' means:
A room in a hospital especially for patients needing similar kinds of care
| Many cancer patients live far away from Amman, where the KHCC is located, and the journey to and from the hospital is often difficult. For this reason, there are plans to extend cancer care facilities to other parts of Jordan. In the near future, King Abdullah University Hospital in Irbid hopes to set up radiotherapy machines, so that cancer patients from northern Jordan will not have to go to Amman for radiotherapy treatment. |
1. There are plans to extend cancer care facilities to other parts of Jordan for two reasons.
1. Many cancer patients live far away from Amman, where the KHCC is located
2. The journey to and from the hospital is often difficult
2. King Abdullah University Hospital will set up radiotherapy machines so that:
cancer patients from northern Jordan will not have to go to Amman for radiotherapy treatment.
3. One of the disadvantages of the KHCC for patients who live far from Amman is:
The journey to and from the hospital is often difficult
4. The underlined word 'where' in the text above refers to:
Amman.
5. The underlined word 'radiotherapy' means:
The use of controlled amounts of radiation to treat disease, especially cancer
6. The sentence that shows the reason behind extending cancer care facilities to other parts of Jordan is:
Many cancer patients live far away from Amman, where the KHCC is located, and the journey to and from the hospital is often difficult.